. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . e fourteenth century. These j)aintings areof much interest. Behind the pulpit are the four doctorsand the four Evangelists seated, the ascent of Elisha ina chariot of fire, and twelve prophets with scrolls. Under thecanopy is the Crucifixion. Going to the exterior one finds on the north side twotransepts, and north of the chancel a tower. East of theeastern transept and of the tower are small apsidal projec-tions of Eomanesque character, both of them in ruins andunused. The masonry here is difierent from that of thel
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . e fourteenth century. These j)aintings areof much interest. Behind the pulpit are the four doctorsand the four Evangelists seated, the ascent of Elisha ina chariot of fire, and twelve prophets with scrolls. Under thecanopy is the Crucifixion. Going to the exterior one finds on the north side twotransepts, and north of the chancel a tower. East of theeastern transept and of the tower are small apsidal projec-tions of Eomanesque character, both of them in ruins andunused. The masonry here is difierent from that of thelater work, being of alternate courses of single brick, and ofstone. The exterior of the principal apse is very remarkable,and belongs to the fourteenth century. Each side hasa steep gable with elaborate cornices, mouldings, andpinnacles, partly of stone and partly of brick. The gablesare built jwith circular bricks, and there is a cusped circularwindow in each gable. Seen from the bridge which crossesthe Adige close to the church, this picturesque east end is one ml . %%\^. , FEEMO MAGGIORE, VERONA. Pa§e 121 Chap. VI.] SAX FERMO MAGGIORE. 121 (»t the most picturesque things in Verona, Unfortunatelythe campanile does not equal in importance the church towhich it belongs. The west end will be best understood by the accom-panying sketch. It is constructed entirely in red brickand warm-coloured stone, and I confess that it impressed memost pleasantly, as having in its four delicate lancet windowssome sort of affinity to our own English work. The northporch is very fine of its kind, and the jambs of its doorwayare constructed of black, white, and red marble, usedalternately. The arcading against the walls is noticeable asshewing the use of thin courses of red brick for the purposeof defining the lines of the stonework. The monuments on each side of the west door are goodsimple examples of a favourite Italian type. They are, aswe shall see, of all dates, and even when develope
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